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paying down our deficit. it is kicking the can down the road and frankly, we are out of road. >> you would think that those people would all be pushing to take credit for our incredible deficit reduction celebrating that there would be press conferences. but no, there was nothing. what makes that nothing this week so very ironic is that not only did republicans essentially ignore the cbo report but they chose to spend the time they should have been out celebrating our lowest predicted deficits since 2008 trying once again to repeal obama care. they voted for the 37th time to repeal obama care despite the fact that there is good reason to believe that obama care is to credit for much of the remarkable deficit reduction projected this week by the cbo. the deficit reduction republicans used to hold up as their entire reason for being. because the biggest driver of our long term deficits is rising health care costs and -- get this -- between 2009 and 2011, total health spending grew at the lowest annual pace in t
paying down our deficit. it is kicking the can down the road and frankly, we are out of road. >> you would think that those people would all be pushing to take credit for our incredible deficit reduction celebrating that there would be press conferences. but no, there was nothing. what makes that nothing this week so very ironic is that not only did republicans essentially ignore the cbo report but they chose to spend the time they should have been out celebrating our lowest predicted...
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that is the deficit problem. without entitlement reform there is no amount of growth that will fix it. melissa: christian, isn't this all noise and nonsense until we fix that problem? >> well, not exactly because, you know, when you have an economy that's suffering from high unemployment andd3 stagnating wages you're not at your full productive capacity. once you reach that level as we've seen in the last few months, once you increase revenues whether it comes from tax increases or improved economic conditions, you drastically and very quickly lower your debt position and your deficit position. that should be the first order of business. that is really what we do first before we figure out what is our true remaining structural long-term deficit. melissa: okay, but doug, you're a numbers guy. let's do thisatively, rather than with our emotions. can the economy quantitatively grow enough to deal with paying for our promises for the entitlements and the system that we have laid out? >> no. at the heart of this are p
that is the deficit problem. without entitlement reform there is no amount of growth that will fix it. melissa: christian, isn't this all noise and nonsense until we fix that problem? >> well, not exactly because, you know, when you have an economy that's suffering from high unemployment andd3 stagnating wages you're not at your full productive capacity. once you reach that level as we've seen in the last few months, once you increase revenues whether it comes from tax increases or...
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neil: deficits are tumbling the revenues are coming in. >> then the next thing you know the wags, you know --. neil: we don't have to cut. we don't have to cut. >> cbo says problem solved. this is what some blogger on "the washington post" said today believe the cbo forecast i have some swampland in florida. they suggest 40 years no recession or no economic dislocation we will create seven times more jobs in the next decade than we did over the next decade with wage and salary growth two times what has been. >> that $642 billion it is a lot less than it was in well under $1 trillion and we can remember a time when deficits were approaching $100 billion now we celebrate 642 billion but whatever that is. >> of course, $50 billion is a pavement a tax gimmick from fannie mae. where do they get the 60 million? they borrow it. neil: a lot of it is a tax increase. that part is there temporarily because with the fiscal cliff came at the end of the year there was a huge pre-emptive realization and bonuses were paid and 100 billion as one time revenue. neil: so you say with a focus on the lates
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the smallest deficit sense 2008 which is five years ago. the deficit had been topping $1 trillion every year cynic the recession ended four years ago. they credit the economic recovery, new tax rules and spending cuts with shrinking the deficit. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." may seem hard to believe that you're not experiencing deja vu here, but it happened again now, a military serviceman whose job it is to protect against sexual assault has excused himself of sexual assault. latest case involves a ft. hood sergeant. you won't believe this, i couldn't believe it, into prostitution and for sexually assaulting this guy did apparently charged with two others. the army's not releasing his identity as he has not been charged officially, but get a load of his job title, sexual harassment response and coordinator. that's right, the guy you're supposed to go to for help is accused of sexually assaulting someone. this comes just one week after the man in charge of sexual assault from the entire air force was charged with sexu
the smallest deficit sense 2008 which is five years ago. the deficit had been topping $1 trillion every year cynic the recession ended four years ago. they credit the economic recovery, new tax rules and spending cuts with shrinking the deficit. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." may seem hard to believe that you're not experiencing deja vu here, but it happened again now, a military serviceman whose job it is to protect against sexual assault has excused...
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well it was a string of republican and democratic decisions to not hit the full number on security deficits. this is outrageous and senator menendez says we know about benghazi? somebody will puke out there outrageous conduct. [laughter] >> no vomit here in washington d.c. tonight studio number four. lou: maybe you are tougher. >> we have been marinating longer but to your point* the president today was so careful with the artfully crafted all of his theaters were artfully crafted and careful not to blame funding for the attackkin benghazi but mentioning funding a rounded to create the inference. boxer was less careful and when you ask about the ira'she ? he did not answer the question so he was very legalistic. lou: this is moving from a crisis of confidence, it seems to me, directly to a constitutional crisis. this president has lost his credibility. it has been shredded. where are we headed? >> but his ability is to get things done and there is no appetite in washington to get anything done with scandal swirling around the president so beleaguered not he is labor it they and lame in the
well it was a string of republican and democratic decisions to not hit the full number on security deficits. this is outrageous and senator menendez says we know about benghazi? somebody will puke out there outrageous conduct. [laughter] >> no vomit here in washington d.c. tonight studio number four. lou: maybe you are tougher. >> we have been marinating longer but to your point* the president today was so careful with the artfully crafted all of his theaters were artfully crafted...
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austerity cut the public role, that does nothing except hurt the deficit. if you want to reduce the deficit, the best thing you can do is invest in education. the education of american people brings more money to the treasury than anything you name, whether it's early childhood k-12, higher ed, lifetime learning, and to cut education is to increase the deficit. so thank you for posing that question. >> congresswoman, really great pleasure to have you here. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. my pleasure, good luck to you and congratulations. >> thanks again to democratic house leader nancy pelosi for joining me earlier today. that's all in for this evening the rachel maddow show starts now.
austerity cut the public role, that does nothing except hurt the deficit. if you want to reduce the deficit, the best thing you can do is invest in education. the education of american people brings more money to the treasury than anything you name, whether it's early childhood k-12, higher ed, lifetime learning, and to cut education is to increase the deficit. so thank you for posing that question. >> congresswoman, really great pleasure to have you here. thank you so much. >>...
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and the amazing shrinking american budget deficit. i'll ask mitt romney's chief economic adviser whether he thinks the problem has gone away. >>> also, as america prepares to draw down from afghanistan, what can it learn from britain's withdrawal 170 years ago? i'll ask theauthor of a great new book. >>> next, a look into the crystal ball of technology with google's executive chairman eric schmit. a sure fire plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. how so? stay tuned. >>> first, here is my take. conservatives are, of course, mad at barack obama. we'll talk about the various scandals in a moment, but they're also mad at a country that isn't mad enough at him. this frustration is now taking over main stream and intelligent voices within the conservative movement and about broader issues than benghazi. brett stevens, the columnist for "wall street journal" lementes that president obama is not paying a price for a foreign policy that he, stevens, describes as isolationist. now, isolationism will come as a surprise to the diplomat soldier
and the amazing shrinking american budget deficit. i'll ask mitt romney's chief economic adviser whether he thinks the problem has gone away. >>> also, as america prepares to draw down from afghanistan, what can it learn from britain's withdrawal 170 years ago? i'll ask theauthor of a great new book. >>> next, a look into the crystal ball of technology with google's executive chairman eric schmit. a sure fire plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. how so? stay tuned....
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the deficit is getting smaller. a lot smaller. the congressional budget office says it will be $400 million less than the trillion dollars deficit last year. it's down because of higher taxes. a 60 billion check to the government from fannie and freddie. there's a down side for those of us who want the government to get its finances in order, this takes the wind out of the sails of the spending, cutting movement. maybe the deficit news helped stocks, another record close for the dow, 19th this year and same story for the s&p 500, the 14th he record there this year. we're looking at a flat to slightly lower opening today, but that happened yesterday and we still went up 120 by the close. stay tuned. and suddenly, it seems that president obama's second term agenda is unravelling. and the mainstream media have turned on the administration. big government seriously questioned, my, have times have changed. in just ten days. here is the the all-government, all the time president speaking the at ohio state may the 5th. >> unfortunately,
the deficit is getting smaller. a lot smaller. the congressional budget office says it will be $400 million less than the trillion dollars deficit last year. it's down because of higher taxes. a 60 billion check to the government from fannie and freddie. there's a down side for those of us who want the government to get its finances in order, this takes the wind out of the sails of the spending, cutting movement. maybe the deficit news helped stocks, another record close for the dow, 19th this...
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immigration reform, budget deficit deal, another attempt at gun control. up in of that has been talk about since last week and all but a handful of questions today were about the app and the irs subjecting tea party groups to scrutiny. the president says if the irs officials acted inappropriately, they should be held ant credible. and on the phone records, he says mr. bober bober believes reporters should have unfettered access even as the government protects its secrets. >> believe it's possible to strike that balance and at the same time subpoena the phone records? >> i can't comment on the specific reports you cite. i can say the president does believe that the balance should be sought and can be found but it is a balance and, therefore, something that we need to constantly work at. >> the obama administration has launched six prosecutions for leaking classified information, which is more than all previous presidents come bind, shepard. >> shepard: on benghazi some observed that jay carney seems to not believe any of the questions about that are still l
immigration reform, budget deficit deal, another attempt at gun control. up in of that has been talk about since last week and all but a handful of questions today were about the app and the irs subjecting tea party groups to scrutiny. the president says if the irs officials acted inappropriately, they should be held ant credible. and on the phone records, he says mr. bober bober believes reporters should have unfettered access even as the government protects its secrets. >> believe it's...
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i think the chance of another down grade is remote because of the spectacular progress on the deficit. here is the interesting angle to me. it is not that obama's agenda is in at that time in tatteres is, it was months ago. i think what may has been, the things he doesn't want may get shoved down his throat, keystone pipeline and maybe another sequester n november he may have to accept sequester for 2014. >> slowly healing jobs market and plunging deficit mean there is a lot of other things, scandal things talking about in washington. if we were talking about those things, i can assure you democrats would be talking about the other two. thanks, guys. >> coming up. u 8 >>> partisanship and the inability of our elected leaders to put our prosperity ahead of politics paralyzed washington and that paralysis brought us debt debacles, sequesters, fiscal cliffs and it has gotten so bad olympia snow decided last year she could serve no more. she has a new book fighting for common ground, a memoir of her career. when i sat down with her i asked her point-blank what is wrong with these people i
i think the chance of another down grade is remote because of the spectacular progress on the deficit. here is the interesting angle to me. it is not that obama's agenda is in at that time in tatteres is, it was months ago. i think what may has been, the things he doesn't want may get shoved down his throat, keystone pipeline and maybe another sequester n november he may have to accept sequester for 2014. >> slowly healing jobs market and plunging deficit mean there is a lot of other...
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we reduce the deficits. >> spending is out of control. >> the tremendous deficits. >> debts out of control. it is kicking the can down the road an frankly we're out of road. >> really? the best part of this story is how progressive policies took the air out of the deficit. that's been going since george w. bush took office. now republican cuts from sequestration and the fiscal cliff deal did not reduce the deficit. they weren't even part of the calculations. here's what did help slink the deficits. tax heights on the wealthy americans an obama care. joining us with the rapid response are my guests. great to have you all with us. mike, why aren't the republicans talking about the deficit anymore? >> well it's bad news. look this is terrible news, ed. the only way to analyze the deficit to look at the ratio. u's called the gdp to debt ratio. obama came in with the 10% to debt to gdp ratio. he has it down to 4%. they sate's going to down to 2%. those are not great talking points for republicans. >> david does the massive deficit debt reduction hurt job growth. >> we would be much better off i
we reduce the deficits. >> spending is out of control. >> the tremendous deficits. >> debts out of control. it is kicking the can down the road an frankly we're out of road. >> really? the best part of this story is how progressive policies took the air out of the deficit. that's been going since george w. bush took office. now republican cuts from sequestration and the fiscal cliff deal did not reduce the deficit. they weren't even part of the calculations. here's what...
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deficit hogs. after so many complaints that president obama is leading us down this dark well of never ending debt, a well that george w. push dug, the debt is stranging faster than anybody expected. the shortfall projection is 25% lower than they said it will be a few months ago and it's supposed to keep on dropping. by 2015 the deficit should total 2% over the total gross domestic product. and when president bush held office it was just over 10%. it deflates under democrats. grew under bush, dropped under clinton, grew under bush. how weather is the reaction to this? john boehner said nothing. and others say it's a report of out of scroll spending even though it's the opposite. and the g.o.p. will get together to vote to repeal obama-care for the 37th time. let's go to pat in world world news. >> thank you for having me. >> john: we did work with this president. we did help to bring the deficit down together, our policies are working. have you heard any reaction from "b" this? has this humbled an
deficit hogs. after so many complaints that president obama is leading us down this dark well of never ending debt, a well that george w. push dug, the debt is stranging faster than anybody expected. the shortfall projection is 25% lower than they said it will be a few months ago and it's supposed to keep on dropping. by 2015 the deficit should total 2% over the total gross domestic product. and when president bush held office it was just over 10%. it deflates under democrats. grew under bush,...
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paul ryan was their deficit guy, and that deficit argument, that the deficit was too big, one of their main arguments against re-elected president obama. >>> we have just received the new estimate of what the deficit is going to be by the end of this year. this is what the deficit had been up through last year, so 2009. that's president obama's first year, 2010, 2011, 2012. now show the next year. this is what they had projected the deficit would be by the end of this year. but now that estimate has been revised. they have revised the projected deficit for this year, and as of now, this is what the new deficit -- we have that slide whistle. we have never used it before. are you kidding me? the opportunity cost. anyway. as of now, this is what the new estimate of what the deficit will be by the end of this year. as you can see, this means that the deficit has shrunk by about $800 billion. since president obama has been in office. this is the fastest deficit reduction we have had as a country since world war ii. and honestly, that's kind of terrible. it's kind of terrible to the extent t
paul ryan was their deficit guy, and that deficit argument, that the deficit was too big, one of their main arguments against re-elected president obama. >>> we have just received the new estimate of what the deficit is going to be by the end of this year. this is what the deficit had been up through last year, so 2009. that's president obama's first year, 2010, 2011, 2012. now show the next year. this is what they had projected the deficit would be by the end of this year. but now...
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they want to see the deficit come down. a new report shows that the deficit has shrunk by $800 billion since president obama took office. that's the fastest deficit reduction we've had since world war ii. the last one, $200 million despite all of the deficit shrinking. the gop is still refusing to roll back the automatic budget cuts, some of which dana just referred to. here's some local tv reports on how those cuts are hurting real people on the ground. look at this. >> cuts to the department of housing and urban development have left thousands of low income families struggling to get a place to live. >> getting kids like clamari in to head start is going to be more difficult. because of budget cuts, places like this are taking less kids the next school year. >> thousands of meals may be cut. the director says it comes at a time when donations are already down. >> it's real stuff, congresswoman. >> that's right. and it's really staggering. i've been out in my district where we have worker who is are facing furloughs, we ha
they want to see the deficit come down. a new report shows that the deficit has shrunk by $800 billion since president obama took office. that's the fastest deficit reduction we've had since world war ii. the last one, $200 million despite all of the deficit shrinking. the gop is still refusing to roll back the automatic budget cuts, some of which dana just referred to. here's some local tv reports on how those cuts are hurting real people on the ground. look at this. >> cuts to the...
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our deficits are shrinking at the fastest rate in decades. that's the truth. that is worth in applause, sure. [applause] you will always know about listening to folks in washington, but the fact is our deficits are going down faster than they have gone down in decades. but we still have to create a budget that is smart and doesn't hurt middle class families or harm our critical investments and to our future. and barbara mikulski is on the appropriations committee fighting hard to make sure that this sequester that is slowing down growth, and we are starting to see growth slowing down because of furloughs and cuts in defense spending and a whole bunch of stuff that wasn't well thought through. we've got to make sure we have a budget that doesn't push our economy back down. we need an economy that pushes our economy back up. the american auto industry is thriving. american industry is booming. american ingenuity in the sector has the potential to change the way we do almost everything. and thanks to the determination of the american people, we have been able to
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the deficit is coming down? >> i think it's great the deficit is coming down, government taxation melton freedman said, it's true, you can't spend yourself into prosperity. if you look at government spending as a share of gdp. it tracks growth almost exactly. having the deficit come down is wonderful news. >> all right. so if people are saying this fiscal restraint is like 1936-1937, all right, where we had a recession inside a depression. yeah, i think that's a lot of gar back. i'll tell you why, i want to hear you first. >> well, the taxes went up through the great depression. the way the world works, it outlines it exactly, all these people in the great depression have missed the tax variable totally. bernanke, even milton freedman missed it in the freedom of the united states. it's taxes that really caused the economy to slow down and cutting taxes in aggregate is cutting government spending. government doesn't create resource, larry, it redistributes them. every dollar they spend for one person, they take a
the deficit is coming down? >> i think it's great the deficit is coming down, government taxation melton freedman said, it's true, you can't spend yourself into prosperity. if you look at government spending as a share of gdp. it tracks growth almost exactly. having the deficit come down is wonderful news. >> all right. so if people are saying this fiscal restraint is like 1936-1937, all right, where we had a recession inside a depression. yeah, i think that's a lot of gar back....
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in this fiscal year, $200 billion lower the deficit's going to be than a couple of months ago and by 2015, we'll be talking about deficits in the realm of $300 billion and in the face of this, with millions of people still unemployed, with the unemployment rates up over 7%, we're not doing more to get people back to work. and we're still focused on deficit reduction when we see that even projecting out over several years, it's even a conservative economist, no one would argue these levels of debt that we're seeing in 2015 now are not at a sustainable level. >> is there a way for the obama administration to try to steal some of the attention away from the irs, benghazi? benghazi's not as topical because of what's coming forward about the irs. >> i wish the case for the sort of deficit hawk hysteria had anything to do with facts. we just saw one of the major papers that was brought up at a rationale for his obsession for cutting the deficit and the debt. we saw that disproved. so unfortunately, this has always been about a radical agenda. today, this afternoon, house republicans are go
in this fiscal year, $200 billion lower the deficit's going to be than a couple of months ago and by 2015, we'll be talking about deficits in the realm of $300 billion and in the face of this, with millions of people still unemployed, with the unemployment rates up over 7%, we're not doing more to get people back to work. and we're still focused on deficit reduction when we see that even projecting out over several years, it's even a conservative economist, no one would argue these levels of...
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but the ceo's report find just about 1 trillion in deficit reduction and deficits rise again after 2017 and obama promised $1.2 trillion in spending cuts the ceo review finds just $172 billion and the president promised to balance budget approach, a balanced approach to the budget. but guess what? the review finds that tax hikes outweighs spending cuts by nearly 6-1. that is not balanced. however, joining us on set tonight, business insider's ceo and editor-in-chief henry blojit and henry kukis. >> i think one point i would make is the only way we are going to close the gap is by raising taxes and reducing long-term spending. >> where do you want to raise the taxes? >> i think you can raise lots of tax, the wellthy can go up, generally. >> northern more than we had, we just got $600 billion. >> if you look at a gdp basis, spending is at 22%. we have been at about 20 for both. we fwt to converge on that number if we want to balance the number. >> what's your take? >> i'm not sure what bothers me more the fact that the president's numbers didn't quite add up or the fact that he has a budg
but the ceo's report find just about 1 trillion in deficit reduction and deficits rise again after 2017 and obama promised $1.2 trillion in spending cuts the ceo review finds just $172 billion and the president promised to balance budget approach, a balanced approach to the budget. but guess what? the review finds that tax hikes outweighs spending cuts by nearly 6-1. that is not balanced. however, joining us on set tonight, business insider's ceo and editor-in-chief henry blojit and henry...
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let's not put immigration and let's not put deficit reduction on the back burner. >> the deficit will be down 2.1% of gdp by 2015 which is well within the range that economists think it should be. the hatred of the president, and chris is right about this. much of it is rooted in race i. it is so intense that there is no interest in dealing with these other issues. also, republicans are deeply divided on everything except trying to repeal the affordable care act which isn't going to happen. so they'll focus on the scandals. a way for boehner, for mccould not to appease the tea party. and i think you asked a smart question. i think this could come back and bite the republicans politically. look back to 1998 when there was an intense effort to impeach president clinton. the democrats went out there in the mid-term and said, impeachment, scandals, it is all they're talking about. we ought to be talking about education, social security, the environment which were the real issues at that time. and the republicans got spanked badly in that mid-term election. the democrats defied history and
let's not put immigration and let's not put deficit reduction on the back burner. >> the deficit will be down 2.1% of gdp by 2015 which is well within the range that economists think it should be. the hatred of the president, and chris is right about this. much of it is rooted in race i. it is so intense that there is no interest in dealing with these other issues. also, republicans are deeply divided on everything except trying to repeal the affordable care act which isn't going to...
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ok so according the most recent seaview analysis our deficit is shrinking fast we really don't have a deficit problem it's fallen by six hundred billion dollars a lot of it thanks to obamacare which brought health care costs lower by forty nine billion dollars new york times has a new analysis out now all this this report about the deficit comes as austerity is being pushed more and more by conservatives and even some democrats new york times analysis found that analysis found that quote the nation's unemployment rate would probably be nearly a point lower roughly six point five percent had washington not cut spending or raise taxes as it has since two thousand and eleven and here's a graphic coming up showing the comparison between unemployment rates with and without us austerity right there. so why isn't it time to pull back from the austerity here. in the first way we start with that is to redefine your misuse of the term now you just read the quote and it said two things they cut spending and raise taxes the tax hikes were significant and they were real the cuts were nominal when
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the board of education approved the deficit elimination plan, and really, chris, i want to thank you and other folks who brought attention to this. it was putting a great big light on this problem that, i think, caused the reverse, of course. and the good news is these kids will be able to finish their school year, and i'm just really happy about that. >> what have we learned about michigan governor rick snyder in this, the fact he seemed willing, the state government seemed willing, to let these kids not be in school and not turn over any money and not find some way initially for a bridge loan or something. what does that say to you about the governor? >> first of all, i want to thank them for doing the right thing, even though it took some time. i'm not really anxious to point fingers. i think what it does show is we have huge inequities in this country and in michigan and lots of other places, and we need to correct those inequities. for every buena vista that had to close, there are hundreds of schools that are functioning barely at the sustainable level and getting marginal educ
the board of education approved the deficit elimination plan, and really, chris, i want to thank you and other folks who brought attention to this. it was putting a great big light on this problem that, i think, caused the reverse, of course. and the good news is these kids will be able to finish their school year, and i'm just really happy about that. >> what have we learned about michigan governor rick snyder in this, the fact he seemed willing, the state government seemed willing, to...
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but the gop deficit hawks apparently didn't care about that story. beaten at the ballot box, the republican party is unified around one thing. the hunt for scandal. that's so sad. and so is their once proud party. joining me now is congressman joe crowley, democrat from new york and member of the ways and means committee. host of melissa harris-perry, thank you for coming on tonight. >> hi. >> is the congress more discussed and somehow link anything -- >> right. >> an accident on the street, an aunt gets crushed and it was really sad today, sitting in the committee we all were anticipating, working in the bipartisan way. what happened was outrageous. all of us are outraged about anything done improperly by the irs, by the justice department. but i think you made the point that we've all been trying to show how you came into the hearing and hysteria. listen to all of this. >> the president has been very forthright and i would really ask the questions, get the facts, and then we can draw our own conclusions. >> i mean, the fact that they are trying to
but the gop deficit hawks apparently didn't care about that story. beaten at the ballot box, the republican party is unified around one thing. the hunt for scandal. that's so sad. and so is their once proud party. joining me now is congressman joe crowley, democrat from new york and member of the ways and means committee. host of melissa harris-perry, thank you for coming on tonight. >> hi. >> is the congress more discussed and somehow link anything -- >> right. >> an...
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one, the deficit is an issue. it's not necessarily people want spending cut or revenue increase but being in favor or being made to look like you are in favor of the deficit is a political problem. >> that's why the president didn't take a victory lap on it. >> yeah. if you say the deficit is a problem and needs to be reduced, how would you do it? democrats when they talk about the budget deficit typically talk about let's think about defense spending and talk about revenues. it. >> ist seems like the democrats are chasing the wrong rabbit. i think they ought to talk about a second stimulus to get americans back to work. >> they should. spairnth the president will come up with that. his discussion in baltimore talking about jobs first of all, is the right issue for most americans. it's not any of these scandals. that's not the number 1 thing most americans are thinking about jobs. almost every day the dow or s and p sets a new record? >> almost every day. yesterday was a little bit of a pull back but only a little
one, the deficit is an issue. it's not necessarily people want spending cut or revenue increase but being in favor or being made to look like you are in favor of the deficit is a political problem. >> that's why the president didn't take a victory lap on it. >> yeah. if you say the deficit is a problem and needs to be reduced, how would you do it? democrats when they talk about the budget deficit typically talk about let's think about defense spending and talk about revenues. it....
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the deficit matters. if you have over 200% debt to gd ratio you have finance it domesticly. if you have foreigners buying your currency it matters. prirnt money like crazy, this can not have a good ending. cyprus when that blew up it was, a big deal. but japan is of course much bigger deal. we've always argue we never had a eurozone crisis. that is good news. bad news we have a global crisis that might focus on the japan or the u.k.. lori: what should that basket of currencies look like for the best investment? >> there is no safe haven as i indicated. you have to spread your eggs. one the cure return sis more than many others do is the euro priest sigh list because everybody else hates it. they're mopping up liquidity where everyone else is printing money. they have a lot of pain. the reason they have pain is they're not print enough money. i'm not saying buy equities but the currency can be stronger. ultimately you have to have a basket. can't put money one egg, be it australian dollar or the looun any or whatever it may be. lori: axel merk. thanks for coming in. melissa:
the deficit matters. if you have over 200% debt to gd ratio you have finance it domesticly. if you have foreigners buying your currency it matters. prirnt money like crazy, this can not have a good ending. cyprus when that blew up it was, a big deal. but japan is of course much bigger deal. we've always argue we never had a eurozone crisis. that is good news. bad news we have a global crisis that might focus on the japan or the u.k.. lori: what should that basket of currencies look like for the...
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the cbo expects a deficit for the 2013 fiscal year. it's more than $200 billion lower than the previous estimate just three months ago. the adjustment reflects new revenue, thanks from changes in tax laws and increase in payments from fannie mae and freddie mac. the cbo's current projection would mark the lowest deficit yet under president obama. >>> another u.s. service member assigned to a military sexual assault program under investigation for sexual misconduct. the pentagon says a u.s. army sergeant could face charges for solicitation abusive sexual contact, assault and treatment of subordinate. the soldier allegedly forced one subordinate soldier into prostitution and physically assaulted two others. the report comes a week after an air force lieutenant colonel working in the sexual assault prevention office was arrested and accused of sexual battery. >>> a day after being convicted for some of the worst crimes you can imagine, dr. kermit gosnell has avoided life in prison. he was found guilty of the deaths of three babies at his
the cbo expects a deficit for the 2013 fiscal year. it's more than $200 billion lower than the previous estimate just three months ago. the adjustment reflects new revenue, thanks from changes in tax laws and increase in payments from fannie mae and freddie mac. the cbo's current projection would mark the lowest deficit yet under president obama. >>> another u.s. service member assigned to a military sexual assault program under investigation for sexual misconduct. the pentagon says a...
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the way, it must say a lot about our times, adam, if we are saying that now that we've gotten budget deficits under a illion dollars, yee-ha, to quote dagen. i don't know if we're there yet. >> we're going not right direction. >> exaly. >> no, but i said giddy-up, by the way. >> oh, i'm sorry. >> but i think that the -- >> i cover a part of country where they say do you want grew poupon with that. >> texas has been courting businesses, california to name one, governor per rear's trip to california. jobs have been created. it's not just agricultural job, not just oil and gas jobs. it's companies like facebook and apple, ebay as examples. >> but it is to ben's point a strong foundation to have, that wind at your back, energy. >> absolutely. but they've been ramping up. they've been ramping up oil and gas. >> and diversifying. charles? >> yeah. the president went to austin. i think that's deliberately. that's a brain centered knowledge based economy that's growing rapidly. >> full of liberals. >> very liberal. >> it's the friendliest to him. >> very friendly to him down there. but listen, this s
the way, it must say a lot about our times, adam, if we are saying that now that we've gotten budget deficits under a illion dollars, yee-ha, to quote dagen. i don't know if we're there yet. >> we're going not right direction. >> exaly. >> no, but i said giddy-up, by the way. >> oh, i'm sorry. >> but i think that the -- >> i cover a part of country where they say do you want grew poupon with that. >> texas has been courting businesses, california to...
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overall, the economy grew 2.5% in the first three months of the year, but the deficit is dropping. plunged 32% in the first half of the fiscal year. housing is improving. prices are rising in most areas. consumer confidence, we learned late this week, lm at a six-year high. stocks, i don't have to tell you. most of the people in washington have a 401(k), so they're very well aware what is happening in the stock market. here is my question, ron, i want ron to answer this. here you've got republicans who can be focusing on other things and not the things going in the president's direction. >> right, you know, absolutely. it gives them an opportunity to kind of take the political offensive, and as i said, to mobilize their base. but there is an opportunity. there is a desire on the public to see things get done, particularly on the deficit, the debt, economic growth. those kind of issues. to the extent they're seeing us focus solely on this, there is cost. and politically, you know, your numbers, it's kind of a fascinating subcurrent which is that the grubs at the core of this new oba
overall, the economy grew 2.5% in the first three months of the year, but the deficit is dropping. plunged 32% in the first half of the fiscal year. housing is improving. prices are rising in most areas. consumer confidence, we learned late this week, lm at a six-year high. stocks, i don't have to tell you. most of the people in washington have a 401(k), so they're very well aware what is happening in the stock market. here is my question, ron, i want ron to answer this. here you've got...
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. >>> america's deficit is dropping faster than expected. >>> plus, o.j. simpson finally takes the stand today in court. >>> and america's navy takes a major step forward, introducing pilotless drones to our mighty aircraft carriers. [ female announcer ] are you sensitive to dairy? then you'll love lactose-free lactaid® it's 100% real milk that's easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lactaid®. for 25 years, easy to digest. easy to love. [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] >>> now to some other stories making news this morning. the leaders of the independent panel on the attack in benghazi will publicly testify before congress. thomas pickering and former joint chiefs admiral, mike mullen, will answer questions from republicans who called their findings flawed. pickering says criticism o
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the federal deficit is shrinking faster than expected. the congressional budget office estimates the deficit for this fiscal year will fall to $642 billion. 200 billion what they forecast in february. and the cbo says the deficit should keep improving through 2015, when it's projected to drop to $378 billion. in part, they credit tax revenue and better than expected bailout repayments. man: the charcoal went out already? ... forget it. vo: there's more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford original charcoal. kingsford. slow down and grill. all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. thanks, olivia. thank you. so you can make a payment from your cell to almost anyone's phone or email. (speaking french) so you can express your gratitude... in the moment. chase quic
the federal deficit is shrinking faster than expected. the congressional budget office estimates the deficit for this fiscal year will fall to $642 billion. 200 billion what they forecast in february. and the cbo says the deficit should keep improving through 2015, when it's projected to drop to $378 billion. in part, they credit tax revenue and better than expected bailout repayments. man: the charcoal went out already? ... forget it. vo: there's more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford...
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budget deficit? i am serious the deficit dramatically lower. next. we're not in london, are ? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your account or unusual activity, you could alsoet up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] atells fargo we're working rounthe clock to help protect your money and financial informaon. here your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer ] when people talk, great things happen. ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and withhat: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80housand of us investing billions. in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simply saluting history... we're making it. >> the federal budget is a visit expected to shrink this fiscal year after four years of deficit of $1 trillion of ex
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regards tried to create an image running programs in we're concerned budget deficits by simply slicing public investment and continuing continuously delaying statements about its directions so in reality if if that were extended paid on time whatever money he owes we were still have a big deficit so that's why i insisted that this and you know this isn't just an attempt to remain within the nominal terms of the bailout agreement and not a real improvement and on the other hand all that it all or recent decisions from that part of the greek government such as the decision to lay off tens of thousands of public servants of the that the very big wage or reduction in the private sector that will start tomorrow so there are real aspects of it a brick of the government's economic policy a policy if you're one of the recession the amity demands that greece remains to go to other policies that will simply make even worse the humanitarian disaster we are already facing and which was described in your reports just. despairs growing at america's gone time obey prison where detainees have been on
regards tried to create an image running programs in we're concerned budget deficits by simply slicing public investment and continuing continuously delaying statements about its directions so in reality if if that were extended paid on time whatever money he owes we were still have a big deficit so that's why i insisted that this and you know this isn't just an attempt to remain within the nominal terms of the bailout agreement and not a real improvement and on the other hand all that it all...
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government has tried to create an image running programs in we're concerned budget deficits by simply slashing public investment and continually continuously delaying statements about its directions so in reality if if the greek state paid on time whatever money he owes we were still without a big deficit so that's why i insisted that this and you know this isn't just an attempt to remain within the nominal terms of the bailout agreements and not a real improvement and on the other hand all that it was a recent decision from the part of the greek government such as the decision to lay off for tens of thousands of public servants of the that the very big wage reductions in the private sector that will start tomorrow so they realized pics of the brink of the government's economic policy our policy is don't want to see a recession the m.f. demands that greece remains to go to other policy that will simply made even worse this humanitarian disaster we are already facing and which ones describe your reports just. every hour at r.t. dot com more and more stories are going up on the website
government has tried to create an image running programs in we're concerned budget deficits by simply slashing public investment and continually continuously delaying statements about its directions so in reality if if the greek state paid on time whatever money he owes we were still without a big deficit so that's why i insisted that this and you know this isn't just an attempt to remain within the nominal terms of the bailout agreements and not a real improvement and on the other hand all...
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it's the trust deficit. >> will that impact therefore your own personal congress person? i think it may because i think people are getting fed up. this new generation that's coming up that they call the millennium generation is representing to where they don't resent authority, they just don't respect it. they're not of the establishment, they're outside of it and they're beginning to r impact on the institutions where the president may have favorable ratings, but what do people think about the presidency and that's the same way in the congress and ultimately without the trust of a crew, you have a purposeful ship of state, the united states, for example, begin to careen from crisis to crisis because we have leaders that only care about the politics of it and that's the shame down in d.c. today, it's just gotten out of control. >> congressman, what does it do to the trust deficit, as you put it when you have, excuse me, members of congress who have basically decided on theest is facts that they want to see, for example, in the benghazi matter and then they work backward t
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the smallest deficit sense 2008 which is five years ago. the deficit had been topping $1 trillion every year cynic the recession ended four years ago. they credit the economic recovery, new tax rules and spending cuts with shrinking the deficit. we'll be right back. i'm so glad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] at wells fargo we're working around the clock to help protect your money and financial information. here's your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer ] when people talk, great things happen. lovely read susan. may i read something? yes, please. of course. a rich, never bitter taste cup after cup. 340 grams. [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] always rich, never bitter. gevalia. >>> it may seem hard to believe that you're not experiencing day sha 52 h
the smallest deficit sense 2008 which is five years ago. the deficit had been topping $1 trillion every year cynic the recession ended four years ago. they credit the economic recovery, new tax rules and spending cuts with shrinking the deficit. we'll be right back. i'm so glad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for...
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that our budget deficit is nowhere near as big or as dangerous to america as our trade deficit for decades our trade deficit has been just under a trillion dollars a year just this year as of march the u.s. trade deficit was thirty eight point eight billion dollars because we're not protecting our economy and other countries are with both tariffs and that taxes that they then reverse on export it's nearly impossible to find and buy american made goods in u.s. stores it's been two hundred plus years since george washington way to find american made suit for his inauguration and alexander hamilton told us how to become economically strong nation it worked and we led the world for nearly two centuries but in the thirty three years since reagan took power we've gone from a new factory in being over a third of our economy to it being about a tenth putting our nation back into the bondage we were once in to the british east india company we need to revisit alexander hamilton plan that made america into the most powerful manufacturing economy in the world for over two hundred years it's time to r
that our budget deficit is nowhere near as big or as dangerous to america as our trade deficit for decades our trade deficit has been just under a trillion dollars a year just this year as of march the u.s. trade deficit was thirty eight point eight billion dollars because we're not protecting our economy and other countries are with both tariffs and that taxes that they then reverse on export it's nearly impossible to find and buy american made goods in u.s. stores it's been two hundred plus...
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good news on the deficit, sending the bulls off and running. we have all that for you, next up on "kudlow." all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. at bny mellon, our business is investments. managing them, moving them, making them work. we oversee 20% of the world's financial assets. and that gives us scale and insight no one else has. investment management combined with investment servicing. bringing the power of investments to people's lives. invested in the world. bny mellon. faso you want to save on autoof insurance?. drive a hybrid. get good grades. lose the bling. go paperless. combine policies. make automatic payments. and of course, talk to farmers. hi ♪ we are farmers bum - pa -, bum - bum - bum - bum♪ >>> all right. busy day on
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and adding to the deficit can add to the deficit in the same way that borrowed money, then just trying to spend does come if you're not cutting spending to go along with that. portion is i.t. interesting. we spend quite a lot of money creating incentives for medical providers to adopt electronic health records. what these electronic health records were supposed to do was make them or make the medical world more efficient, make it cheaper, and start the process of bringing down health spending or a least getting it under control. and the long term, how spending is a big problem just for the economy and it is a really big problem for the federal government because of all of its health spending commitments. but what we saw with the health it fundedon is programs that don't talk to each other. all of these hospitals now have these proprietary locked in systems where they have their internal health i.t. records for themselves but it is difficult for them to send them to other medical providers. in many ways it has not facilitated the type of communication. what it has facilitated is additio
and adding to the deficit can add to the deficit in the same way that borrowed money, then just trying to spend does come if you're not cutting spending to go along with that. portion is i.t. interesting. we spend quite a lot of money creating incentives for medical providers to adopt electronic health records. what these electronic health records were supposed to do was make them or make the medical world more efficient, make it cheaper, and start the process of bringing down health spending...
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four dead at 7/11 store there four more dead as they tried to get into a freeze tore escape this storm deficit all around. reminiscent of joplin, missouri. bark ripped off the trees. trees split in half. its insulation up in the branches. it is twisted metal around telephone poles. at the 7/11 it' as to be a gas pump but it's nothing but electronics and wires hanging out. the pump stilted sideways it gives you chills. is it doesn't matter last when i was on the ground covering deadly tornadoes and last night covering these and now it doesn't matter how many times you see this. it's just absolutely gives you the shivers and to sit here right now. first responders from all over flooding in here. yelling at each other. shep then excuse me for just a moment. live witness from k next thing you know coming across. bricks hear if coming in. it was trying to stuck the storm seller out of the ground unlastled latch the door. caved the door. in once if ended he we of course got out. i car is gone. i can't find it inspects nowhere to be found and there is an sin angel of brandon brought me home. when i g
four dead at 7/11 store there four more dead as they tried to get into a freeze tore escape this storm deficit all around. reminiscent of joplin, missouri. bark ripped off the trees. trees split in half. its insulation up in the branches. it is twisted metal around telephone poles. at the 7/11 it' as to be a gas pump but it's nothing but electronics and wires hanging out. the pump stilted sideways it gives you chills. is it doesn't matter last when i was on the ground covering deadly tornadoes...